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Fire and Ice
Chapter 3: Devastating Disasters
Sesshomaru glared at the miko in his arm. Did he just hear her correctly? Did she say Ryukami? The Ryukami? The one that miko fought over five thousand years ago?
'That's impossible. The dragon would have been long dead by now.'
Still, the miko was indeed correct. Besides the description in the scroll his father had left him does match the dragon that he was seeing perfectly. Its large wings were flapping wildly around the beast and its size was in fact larger than his father's true form (ten times the size). This was not good. Not good at all. This dragon can be the cause of the end of all, demon and human alike. With such size and such power emitting from it, the beast practically shouted out 'danger'. Not only that, but it was said that it was no demon, but a God of Fire…
…and this is why it was not good.
"Miko, is there anyway to destroy such a beast?"
Kagome snapped out of her dazed thoughts and looked back up towards Sesshomaru.
"Well…err…you see…um…"
"Speak!" he snapped, he was really losing his patients here. Kagome gulped.
"You…can't"
Silence was her only answer from the Taiyoukai. Kagome started to get really nervous about the silent treatment and thought he would just kill her here and now…
…but how wrong she was. Instead, Sesshomaru let go of her waist for a second only to grab the front of her shirt and pulled her up to his eye level. Brown met hazel.
"Surely you lie." Kagome shook her head slowly.
"I'm not lying. It's the truth! There's no way to destroy Ryukami! Through the five thousand years that he has been sealed under Mt. Fuji, no one, not even a demon was able to come up with a solution to destroy him! It's plainly impossible!"
She was right. He could sense no deception in her voice or in her aura t all.
'Damn! That means there's no way to stop this thing!'
He carefully set the miko down on his cloud and released her. She made another 'eep' sound and clung onto him for dear life. Sesshomaru didn't even bother prying her off. A mighty roar interrupted his thoughts as he watched the dragon fly in their direction. He nearly cursed out loud for his bad luck.
"Hang on."
He felt the miko nod her head as her hands gripped onto him tighter before he made a bolt towards a safer place in his white orb, Ah-Un, Jaken and Rin following behind him with an un-normal speed.
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Ryukami could sense her. She was nearer than he had expected. He grinned, showing the world his sharp, pearly fangs as they gleamed in the suns rays. He would get his revenge on her…
…and she will die during the process.
Sniffing the air, he was able to catch her sent in his nose and let out a mighty roar before flying in the general direction.
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'Faster, faster, faster, faster, FASTER!!!!' Kagome was screaming in her mind as she watched the dragon catching up to them from behind Sesshomaru. She was more than scared now as she could see his sly grin forming on his snout which, in her case, meant bad news.
"Sesshomaru go faster…" The Taiyoukai growled.
"Woman, I am going as fast as I can."
"Well I suggest that you GO FASTER!!!!" she yelled as she watched the dragon get closer to them. He turned his head slightly to the side to see why and found out. The dragon's jaws opened wide. Kagome screamed.
"DAMN YOU SESSHOMARU JUST GOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sesshomaru's eyes widened as he felt the miko's energy run through him, giving him an extra boost of power just in time to move out of the way of Ryukami's jaws clamping down upon them. The dragon growled.
"You cannot escape from me forever, Mikino! You hear me?! You will die by me and me only!" Ryukami growled as he opened his jaws once more. Kagome's eyes widened in horror as she watched a ball a fire form in the dragon's mouth before being released in their direction. Kagome could do nothing but scream with all that it was worth.
Everything seemed to slow down for Kagome as she watched the ball of fire heading there way, so she only closed her eyes and waited for the inevitable. Ah-Un growled lowly before dropping the toad and little girl onto his master's cloud and flew behind him. Rin's eyes started to tear up as she saw the faint smile gracing the two headed dragon before the ball of fire hit Ah-Un, completely destroying the twin headed dragon to oblivion.
"AH-UN!!!!!!!!!!!!" Rin cried out hysterically as she watched her beloved dragon get destroyed. Kagome's eyes snapped open to see dust particles flying all around, Rin crying out of control, Jaken sitting on the cloud with his mouth agape and Ryukami's outraged expression. Without warning, she gave Sesshomaru all the power she had to boost up their speed and watched as the dragon behind them roar in outrage before disappearing from their site.
A few minutes later, they were able to find a cave to rest in. Landing inside the cave, Kagome quickly put up a barrier that could hide their sent and aura before walking over to the wailing Rin.
"Rin sweetie what's wrong?" Kagome said softly. Rin's wailing increase and both Sesshomaru and Kagome flinched at the loudness.
"Ah-Un…I want Ah-Un…" she wailed. "Lord Sesshomaru!!!" Rin ran to Sesshomaru and flung her whole body against Sesshomaru's leg as she cried hysterically into his pant leg. Kagome was nearly in tears as she watched the young girl cry. She looked at Sesshomaru for answers. Sesshomaru shook his head at her before side glancing at the toad.
"Jaken, tell us what happened." Jaken snapped his head up towards his lord. Suddenly his eyes downcast to the floor below him.
"It's hard for me to say milord…but when the fire dragon released it's ball of fire upon us, Ah-Un dropped me and Rin onto your cloud and flew behinds us. Ah-Un was hit by the ball of fire and was…destroyed, milord."
If Kagome wasn't in tears before, she was now. Trail upon trail her tears would never cease to fall. She walked up to Rin and gave the little girl a gentle hug.
"Oh, Rin. I'm so sorry to hear about that." Rin latched onto Kagome's shirt and started to cry into her. Kagome rubbed her back.
"Shhhh…shhh…it's ok…I'm here as well as Sesshomaru and Jaken…you still have us. Shhh…you're ok." Kagome said, trying not to cry for the little girl. Sesshomaru was amazed at how the miko was able to clam down Rin in a matter of seconds. He watched as she rocked his little ward to sleep before turning around to face him, the unshed tears forming in her eyes. Slowly getting off the ground, she walked over to Sesshomaru and handed Rin to him before walking over to the opposite side of the cave and sat down. Sesshomaru was confused at her sudden action and slowly walked over to her and sat down next to her quietly. Kagome had herself curled into a tight ball.
"I'm so sorry to hear about Ah-Un. Rin must have loved him dearly."
Sesshomaru didn't say a word. Kagome continued.
"Even though I was never there to see her and Ah-Un together, that doesn't mean I am not able to see their love for each other. As a friend to many, I can understand that…" A tear escaped from her eye. "…because that has happened to me before."
Sesshomaru understood that quite clearly, seeing that he has heard Inuyasha and her fight numerous of times but even though they fight each other, they still show that they care and love each other. He was brought out of his thoughts when the miko let out a sigh before, without realizing it, leaned against him for comfort. Sesshomaru stiffened. Never has anyone done something like this to him before and yet here she is doing so. Her soft and even breaths told him that she had fallen asleep. His eyes softened at the sight. Jaken gasped.
"Milord! That filthy human his laying on you!"
"Jaken."
"Y...yes, milord?"
"Shut up."
"O…of course, milord."
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The trip back to Kaede's village was long and silent. No one spoke the trip back and Sesshomaru seemed more alert now then with Naraku. She feared when this fateful day would come and now it has. Though Sesshomaru was much more alert, he still could sense the sadness and fear in the miko, and it slightly bothered him to no end. As they neared the village, Sesshomaru caught the sent of blood and death…and there was lots of it. He almost wanted to cover his nose from it. Kagome looked up at him, sensing his uneasiness.
"Sesshomaru? Are you alright?"
He ignored her.
"Rin, stay close and whatever you do, do not look." Rin slowly nodded her head and did as she was told. When the village came into view, Kagome gasped as the tears once more graced her face.
"No."
The village was completely burnt to the ground. Bloody and burned bodies were scattered all over the area as crows started to feed on them. A few little fires were finishing off the already burnt down huts where some were already smoking…but the worst thing was that the well was gone. The well was burnt to the ground along with the village and can mean only one thing…
…she can never return to her own time.
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